Ever since I first laid eyes on Conway’s Game of Life, I’ve been in love with the idea of cellular automatons: small, distinct units that follow some simple, fundamental rules to create beautiful, complex, and strange patterns working together. This prototype was originally inspired by an article I read about cellular automatons, or rather, a video of […]
Category: Art
Worth it?
I was thinking about an old New Yorker cartoon I saw years ago; it’s aged well, and more poignant than ever. Tom Toro sells signed copies of his cartoon on Etsy.
Steganographic Emoji Art
Two things that have always interested me are steganography and digital art. This simple piece combines the two using a Bacon’s cipher of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Conveniently, all the seasons have 6 letters, which lets us get a nice balanced and symmetrical result. Running these words through the cipher yields: […]